The Penn's Grove record., 1887-05-14
SATURDAY, MAY IA, 1887.
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Strawberry festivals will be in bloom
soon.
Early vegetables have been in orr
market Il week.
Assemblyman VIM. Newell was in
town on Saturday evening.
William G. Summerill has taken
stock in the new Woodbury. bank.
Rev. Mayhem Davis will preach in
the Bethel church tomorrow evening.
Some of the G loucester county farm
ers have been setting out s~weet-potatoeS
If you want people o know you are a
live BUSINESS man advertise in the REC
ORD.
Benz. whitesalI has sold his house
near Georgetown to his son-in-law 10
mas Raine.
The warm weather has brought out
the straw hats, and shed the shoes from
the small boys feet.
There was a migration of citizens
from this section to Salem last Satnr-
day to see Barnum's circus.
Yesterday was arbor day at River
view cemetery, celebrated by the plant
ing of flowers and shrubbery.
The ladies of the Bethel Church
hold their festival this evening in the
basement of The NJ. p. Church,
SD Hoffman, Mayor of Atlantic City
spent last Sunday in Pennsgrove with
his brother-in-law Jos. A. Robbins.
Keep in mind the musical entertain
ment to be given by the Moss Family
II will be a rare treat for Pennsgrove.
The weather is u month behind hand
this year. We had March wiras in
April and are now having April show
ers in May.
Some small boys took a swim ia the
river on Wednesday for the first.
They reported the water warm whether
it was or not.
DON'T fail to see the invoice of splen-
did ranges received this week and pota-
toe bug sprinklers at j. Q. Reed,
Harmony st.
The crazy festival in Odd Fellows
Hail next Saturday afternoon and even
ing promises to be an amusing affair.
Don't fail to attend.
Mrs. Lydia Guest has had her house
at the corner of Pitman street and
Wissahickon Avenue improved~b by the
addition of a portico1
II. Fl. DeGrofft, EsqN1eft for Baltl-
more on Thursday to attend the tuner
al of his nephew H. II. Smoot. lie
expectsto return today.
Thirty-six hundred shad and 100, 600
herring were caught in the large seine
at Gloucester City Monday being the
largest haul of the season.
Two of the Messrs. Duponts, OF
Wilmington, were in PennsgroVe Oh
Monday, with President Conner and
Superintendent Green of the Delaware
River railroad.
Daniel V. Summerill, ST., is solicit
sgs stock for the new bank at Wood
bury. He is spoken as a director to
the new bank if he will accept, which
is doubtful.
AS the farmers are now busy at work
they don't get into town 50 often.
Saturday nights the streets are lined
with wagons and people as they are
all in town then.
Charles Bowen has fulfilled his con-
tract by erecting the building for the
Paryin Spring Wagon Co. in the al
lotted time. 1t is now finished having
been put up In a substantial manner
George NJ. Pyle came home sick on
Monday from Bayside where he had
been fishing for sturgeon. 1t is a won
der many of the fishermen don't catch
their death OF sick out on the ri yer in
all kinda of weather.
VIM. Shoemaker has bought Charles
Richman's herd of steers, near the
Almshouse, with which To serve this
community with choice meat. After
to-day Ii, viii begin "a cash business ans
sell meat for cash only.
There was about g, 900 insurance OF
Josiah NJ. Bricks buildings and hay
and grain burned last week. Mr.
Brick viii have IA new barn erected a
once 3sxS0 feet with 20 tool post. 1
will be framed at the W0odstown saw
mills.
The Moss Family gave the most won
derful entertainment of its kind eve
given in Bellefonte. Delightful from
beginning TO end. We consider tn
Moss Family 100 per cent. superior Il
any musical family we ever heard
They must be seen and heard to be ap
preciated.-Bellgoate Pa DdilyNelos
The alterations in the yacht Priscilla
which left Wilmington the past week
consist mainly in an addition of 6
square feet to the board surface Of he
keel, a new mast that allows 800 fee
more Of mainsal has been aided, I'd
foresail has been increased and the cen
tre-board has had 20 square feet added
1t is now thought that she will be abb
to lead.